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Making Patriots
Av Walter Berns
Häftad, 2002
479 kr
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The founding principles of the United States - freedom, autonomy, individual rights, and democratic dissent - often sit in opposition to the patriotic ideals of public spirit and self-sacrifice. But American history reveals scores of citizens who have put the good of the nation above their own …
Making Patriots
Av Walter Berns
E-bok, 2002
507 kr
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David Brooks called Making Patriots "wise and penetrating," and in an era of polarization and anger, its bracing call for love of country is more important than ever Although Samuel Johnson once remarked that "patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels," over the course of the history of the …
Taking the Constitution Seriously
Av Walter Berns
Häftad, 1992
325 kr
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The seven formidable essays that make up this new analysis explore the Constitution and its central place in the development of the first nation to be built on the foundation of the rights of man. Of particular interest is Berns's view of minorities under the Constitution. Overall, the book will be …
For Capital Punishment
Crime and the Morality of the Death Penalty
Av Walter Berns
Häftad, 1991
859 kr
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This distinguished constitutional theorist takes a hard look at current criminal law and the Supreme Court's most recent decisions regarding the legality of capital punishment. Examining the penal system, capital punishment, and punishment in general, he reviews the continuing debate about the …
Democracy and the Constitution
Essays
Av Walter Berns
Häftad, 2006
258 kr
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For more than half a century, Walter Berns has been a leading authority on the Constitution. This volume collects many of his most important essays on timeless constitutional and political questions.
Lincoln at Two Hundred
Why We Still Read the Sixteenth President
Av Walter Berns
Häftad, 2010
232 kr
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Abraham Lincoln was the greatest of our presidents. He saved the Union, and because he saved the Union, he was able to free the slaves. But he did more than this. Without him, we might have had no reason to celebrate the bicentennial first of Declaration of Independence and the then of the …